.oct function vs external program and text file exchange

[Daniel Arteaga]

Hi all,

I have an octave program which needs the results of external C++ 
program, in Linux. For the moment the program is called from inside 
Octave with the 'system' function, and the communication is done via the 
exchange of text files. Everything works well.

I'd like to be able to estimate the overhead of the external program 
call (and writing text files), vs the possible reconversion of the 
external program to an oct function.

Before starting with the hassle of converting the program to an oct 
function (my C++ skills are very limited), I'd like to know whether I 
will get a significant gain.

Thank you in adavance.

Daniel